| Life's Good, Brother Contributor(s): Hikmet, Nazim (Author), Konuk Blasing, Mutlu (Translator) |
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ISBN: 0892554185 ISBN-13: 9780892554188 Publisher: Persea Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: August 2013 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Fiction | Literary - Fiction | Biographical |
| Dewey: 894.353 |
| LCCN: 2012026329 |
| Physical Information: 0.6" H x 5.4" W x 8.2" (0.52 lbs) 192 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Hikmet's final book--an autobiographical novel about a man who is imprisoned for being a Communist, his friends, and the women he loved. Considered to be a major work in his oeuvre. This is the first publication in English translation. |
Contributor Bio(s): Hikmet, Nazim: - Nazim Hikmet is considered Turkey's greatest modern poet. For his Communist views, he was imprisoned in Turkey and his work was banned. His poetry has been translated into more than fifty languages. He won the World Peace Prize (the USSR's equivalent of the Nobel) in 1950. He died in 1963 in exile.Konuk Blasing, Mutlu: - Mutlu Konuk Blasing, a native of Istanbul, is Professor of English at Brown University. Her books include Lyric Poetry: The Pain and the Pleasure of Words. She is the co-translator (with Randy Blasing) of the renowned English translations of Nazim Hikmet, and the author of four scholarly books on American poetry. |